http://www.vhsbeta.com Commentary and ideas. Sat, 02 Dec 2006 21:07:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a little realisation today: the reason the Fresh Prince theme tune is so catchy and memorable is that it's to the tune of the Gingerbread Man nursery rhyme. Take a peek at this Youtube vid of the Fresh Prince intro and sing the gingerbread man lyrics over top: [kml_flashembed ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/28/you-cant-catch-me-im-the-prince-of-bel-air/ This is the post box on the wall up my street. These ones may not be as iconic as the pillar boxes, but I like the way you get to put your letters into the wall because it seems really secure like putting your secrets into a safe. The first Royal ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/26/royal-mail-post-boxes/ The Puk is a wrist rest that glides along under your arm as you move the mouse. It's hard to appreciate until you've tried it, but when you consider that regular stationary gel-rests stop you moving your arm and make you do the annoying pick up the mouse and lift ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/25/puk-the-wrist-rest-that-moves-with-your-mouse/ The "Barcode" is a united flag for Europe developed as part of the visual language of Brussels, official EU capital since 2001. Rem Koolhaas of OMA (Office for Metropolitan Architecture) came up with it by combining all the flags of EU members. It solved the problem of having to change ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/24/rem-koolhaas-european-flag/ I was looking at the Asono MP3 player today and was a bit surprised by Hannah's response to it: "Ew that’s disgusting it looks just like a mermaids purse. I don’t mean a mythical mermaid’s purse, I mean the little creature things that actually exist. And they’re gross so that’s what ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/23/the-asono-mp3-player-is-really-a-mermaids-purse/ Easily be mistaken for a modernist homage to Tetris, these shelves form part of an impressive first act from young Swedish design firm Vujj. Designers Johnannes Herbertsson & Karl Hendriik Rennstam trained in traditional Scandinavian design and have injected a playful streak into their first collection. I especially like the ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/22/alog-shelving-system/ The ability to collaborate on a document is one of those features that it really would be nice to have built into an operating system. Many of you I'm sure will recall the frustration of group-work at uni, with several people working on the same project at a computer ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/19/collaborative-text-editing-with-subethaedit/ I spotted this flash advert for Google Local UK on Bebo, a popular social networking site. Advertising their services with animated flash ads seems like a very strange move for Google, who have previously derided the use of such advertising on other networks. Bebo use a rotating 300x250 ad on ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/18/google-starts-flash-ad-campaign/ I've had my Pimp watch for a couple of years now and have yet to see anything I like better.  In place of numerals it uses a grid of 72 red, orange and green LEDs. You push in the button to see the time, with hours are read one to ... http://www.vhsbeta.com/2006/11/17/trip-the-light-fantastic-watch/